Civil Rights Timeline

(Under each year, enter the artifact name, event, event description, and event significance)

Example:

2009
(artifact name, event, event description, and significance)

Presidential Seal from Inaugural Address, 2009; Inauguration of Barack Obama; In January of 2009 Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first person of color to the United States Presidency in the United States; The significance of this event is that an African American man overcame 233 years of race barriers to become the President of the United States and Commander in Chief through the democratic electoral process.



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